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Azure 101: Subscriptions And Management Groups

2023-03-20T01:55:37+00:00

In Microsoft Azure, a subscription is an agreement between a customer and Microsoft on how to pay for and access Azure services. It is paid based on the consumption of services within the subscription. For example, if you provisioned Azure Virtual Machines, App Service, Azure SQL Database, and other services, your subscription will be billed based on using these services. There are many types of subscriptions. Each type of subscription may have various characteristics and limitations, such as the maximum number of a specific virtual machine size that can be provisioned or the number of tags in a resource group. However, you [...]

Azure 101: Subscriptions And Management Groups2023-03-20T01:55:37+00:00

Creating And Mounting An Azure File Share

2023-04-26T07:58:47+00:00

A file server provides organizations with a system to centrally store, manage, and access files within a network, such as documents, images, videos, logs, etc. With file servers, users can easily share and collaborate on files with others. Azure Files is a fully managed file share solution that aims to replace or supplement on-premises file servers. It is a platform as a service (PaaS) offering by Microsoft Azure that is accessible by SMB and NFS protocol and Azure Files Rest API. You can mount Azure files using Windows, Linux, and macOS workstations. Azure files have many benefits, including the following: [...]

Creating And Mounting An Azure File Share2023-04-26T07:58:47+00:00

Cloud Computing Service Types: IaaS vs PaaS vs SaaS

2023-04-12T02:11:44+00:00

What is IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS? IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS are three types of cloud computing services provided by Microsoft Azure. Each model has its advantages that help customers meet their specific needs. Each type of cloud computing service, and deployment method, provides you with different levels of control, flexibility, and management. With traditional on-premises data centers, customers have complete control over the hardware, server, virtualization, and software deployed. Historically, this has led to hardware procurement decisions focusing on scaling up. An example is purchasing a server with more cores to meet peak performance needs. Unfortunately, this infrastructure might be [...]

Cloud Computing Service Types: IaaS vs PaaS vs SaaS2023-04-12T02:11:44+00:00

Azure Active Directory (AD) vs Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

2023-04-12T03:32:59+00:00

  Azure AD Azure RBAC Description An identity and access management service that helps you access internal and external resources. An authorization system that manages user’s access to Azure resources including what they can do with those resources and what areas they can access. Focus Grants permissions to manage access to Azure Active Directory resources. Grants permissions to manage access to Azure resources. Scope Tenant level Specify at multiple levels (management group, subscription, resource group, and resource) Roles    Important Azure AD built-in roles:  Global Administrator - manage access to all the administrative features in Azure AD.  User Administrator - [...]

Azure Active Directory (AD) vs Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)2023-04-12T03:32:59+00:00

AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator Exam Study Guide

2023-06-28T09:35:53+00:00

Bookmarks Study Materials Azure Services to Focus On Validate Your Knowledge Final Remarks The AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator certification exam is designed for people who have experience in implementing, managing, and monitoring a Microsoft Azure environment. The exam will test your technical skills in implementing solutions based on different scenarios. Having prior experience in infrastructure management will help you understand the concepts and services easily. The content of the exam will test your ability to perform the following: Manage Azure identities and governance Implement and manage storage Deploy and manage Azure compute resources [...]

AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator Exam Study Guide2023-06-28T09:35:53+00:00

Azure CycleCloud

2023-03-20T02:22:24+00:00

Azure CycleCloud Cheat Sheet Orchestrate and manage high-performance computing (HPC) environments on Azure. Enables you to provision infrastructure for HPC systems, deploy familiar HPC schedulers, and scale the infrastructure automatically to run jobs efficiently at any scale. Features Scheduler Agnostic - use standard HPC schedulers or extend CycleCloud autoscaling plugins to work with your own scheduler. Manage Compute Resources - manage VMs and scale sets to provide a set of compute resources to meet your workload requirements. Autoscale Resources - adjust cluster size and components automatically based on workload, availability, and time requirements. Monitor and Analyze - collect node-level metrics [...]

Azure CycleCloud2023-03-20T02:22:24+00:00

Azure Batch

2023-03-20T02:14:15+00:00

Azure Batch Cheat Sheet A service that runs large-scale parallel and high-performance computing (HPC) batch jobs in Azure. Allows you to run jobs in a group of Linux or Windows virtual machines. Components A task represents a unit of computation and a job is a collection of tasks. Job priority values range from the lowest priority to the highest priority. To specify certain limits for your jobs, you can use job constraints: Maximum wallclock time - tasks are terminated if the job runs longer than the specified time. Maximum number of task retries - if the task fails, it will [...]

Azure Batch2023-03-20T02:14:15+00:00

Azure Service Bus

2023-03-20T10:24:58+00:00

Azure Service Bus Cheat Sheet A fully managed message broker service. It allows you to decouple applications and services.  Provides a reliable and secure platform for asynchronous data and state transfer. Enables you to deliver messages to multiple subscribers and fan-out message delivery to downstream systems. Features Message Sessions for implementing first in, first out (FIFO) and request-response patterns to ensure the order of messages in the queue. Autoforwarding allows you to remove messages from a queue or subscription and transfer it to a different queue or topic (must be in the same namespace). A dead-letter queue holds the messages [...]

Azure Service Bus2023-03-20T10:24:58+00:00

Azure Service Fabric

2023-06-23T19:41:53+00:00

Azure Service Fabric Cheat Sheet A distributed systems platform that helps package, deploy, and manage scalable and reliable microservices and containers. Build microservices and container-based applications using the programming language of your choice, including .NET Core 2.0, C #, and Java. It supports two types of microservices: Stateless - It does not maintain a mutable state outside a request and its response from the service such as protocol gateways and web proxies. Stateful - It maintains a mutable, authoritative state beyond the request and its response. Enables low-touch workflows to provision, deploy, patch, and monitor applications with Service Fabric application [...]

Azure Service Fabric2023-06-23T19:41:53+00:00

Azure ExpressRoute

2023-07-12T03:22:28+00:00

Bookmarks Features Use Cases Pricing Validate Your Knowledge Azure ExpressRoute Cheat Sheet Enables you to establish a private connection between your on-premises data center or corporate network to your Azure cloud infrastructure. More secure, reliable, and faster than conventional VPN connections. Supports dynamic routing between your network and Microsoft via Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). The connection is redundant in every peering location for higher reliability. Features ExpressRoute connections enable access to Microsoft Azure services and Microsoft Office 365 services from your on-premises network. Provides connectivity to all regions within a geopolitical region. To [...]

Azure ExpressRoute2023-07-12T03:22:28+00:00

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